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Bruce's Journal
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Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl journal says everything that needs to be said. (From BruceSpringsteen.net)SUPER BOWL JOURNAL ISix Air Force Thunderbirds have just roared overhead at what felt like inches above our backstage area, giving myself and the entire E Street Band a brush cut. With 20 minutes to go, I'm sitting in my trailer trying to decide what boots to wear. I've got a nice pair of c...
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Some Worthy Reading
A couple of good reads for you today.I had the pleasure of listening to "Jonesey's Jukebox," ex-Sex Pistol Steve Jones's show on Indie 103.1 in L.A. a few times while in Los Angeles over the course of the past five years. His show was for me, what radio should be all about; locally oriented and highly personalized with wit and great taste to spare. The L.A. Times has a piece about him today.I wa
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A Fake Lefsetz Letter On Springsteen And Bonnaroo
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I wrote this, not Bob Lefsetz. But given all his absurd Springsteen bashing, I figured I'd give him a break and write his next piece for him.I promised myself I wouldn't write about Springsteen anymore for a while, but did you see that he's now playing Bonnaroo? Can you say DESPERATE?Bruce doesn't sell tickets like he used to, and touring behind an album THAT NO ONE IS GOING TO CARE ABOUT, now h
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Bruce And The Super Bowl
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I never thought Bruce Springsteen would play the Super Bowl. Too obvious. Too gross. Too much of what represents everything wrong with America. And then when he announced that he and E Street Band would play it, I got psyched. Here's a great piece from Sports Illustrated about the conflict many Springsteen fans feel about him performing at the halftime show. Very worthy reading.
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Ed Rivadavia On Ron Asheton Of The Stooges
Ron Asheton, guitarist for the Stooges, died sometime at the beginning of the year. Ed Rivadavia, music executive for the RCA Music Group and writer for AMG, contributes the following:The passing of guitarist Ron Asheton due to an apparent heart-attack in his Ann Arbor, Michigan home, some time during the start of 2009 (an official coroner’s report is still pending as of this writing), robbed .
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Ed Rivadavia On Ron Asheton Of The Stooges
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Ron Asheton, guitarist for the Stooges, died sometime at the beginning of the year. Ed Rivadavia, music executive for the RCA Music Group and writer for AMG, contributes the following:The passing of guitarist Ron Asheton due to an apparent heart-attack in his Ann Arbor, Michigan home, some time during the start of 2009 (an official coroner’s report is still pending as of this writing), robbed .
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